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the obama administration's credit. the truth of the matter is is that private oil drilling has increased production whereas public oil and drilling has decreased. i will take the comment off air. guest: the obama administration is saying oil and gas production is up. that is technically true. public federal lands is down by about 11%. state health plans where the increase is happening -- state lands is where the increases happening. the president is saying, i'm doing as much as i can. host: elana schor a reporter with "environment & energy daily" and focuses on the politics of oil and gas. thank you so much for joining us. next we'll speak with "time" magazine's mark thompson. mental health care. >> 9:15 eastern time. a new ad is targeting mitt romney's jobs record and finances. it accuses the governor for keeping money in foreign bank accounts. mitt romney is calling on president obama to not let the killing of osama bin laden become a politically divisive event. mr. romney went on to say that president obama can take
the obama administration's credit. the truth of the matter is is that private oil drilling has increased production whereas public oil and drilling has decreased. i will take the comment off air. guest: the obama administration is saying oil and gas production is up. that is technically true. public federal lands is down by about 11%. state health plans where the increase is happening -- state lands is where the increases happening. the president is saying, i'm doing as much as i can. host:...
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caller: there is no blame to the obama administration. i think mitt romney jumped the gun a little bit. probably because of his own shot at something so horfic to happen. when the ira blew up in ireland, britian did not blow up dublin. the saber rattling is totally out of context. i think we have the greatest military in the world, mr. obama is going to -- president obama will find out who did it and why and then he will go get them. host: finallyandrew is in south carolina. caller: i do not know what the response will be. i know i would like the news media's response to be -- hello? i know what i would like for the news media's response to be. i turned it on "morning joe," fox, and c-span. the mainstream media, which is everything accept fox, they are just as skewed as it ever was. even more so now. he would have thought mitt romney was some kind of vile person. he looked more presidential than the guy who is our president ever had time to be. one thing i would like to get across. some lady back there from new york. she said mitt romney
caller: there is no blame to the obama administration. i think mitt romney jumped the gun a little bit. probably because of his own shot at something so horfic to happen. when the ira blew up in ireland, britian did not blow up dublin. the saber rattling is totally out of context. i think we have the greatest military in the world, mr. obama is going to -- president obama will find out who did it and why and then he will go get them. host: finallyandrew is in south carolina. caller: i do not...
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i am certainly not defending the obama administration. there is also reason to believe this may have been politically motivated in an election year in which the president is in a tough fight with mitt romney. all of this has to be considered. guest:, well, the best argument is to go back to kenneth starr and the whitewater investigation morphed into the model kolinsky -- monica lewinsky issue that morphed into something different because the prosecutor kept looking. there are concerns of this could become an open-ended operation. host: we have a lot of people tweeting about bradley manning, the soldier being prosecuted. do you see parallels? guest: he was a soldier that was alleged to have divulged the state department cables and lead them to wikileaks and were printed and published all over the world. of course there are parallels. it is a completely legitimate question. why is the government prosecuting bradley manning, and appears at this moment less than eager to pursue leakers who might be in the white house itself. you have to wonde
i am certainly not defending the obama administration. there is also reason to believe this may have been politically motivated in an election year in which the president is in a tough fight with mitt romney. all of this has to be considered. guest:, well, the best argument is to go back to kenneth starr and the whitewater investigation morphed into the model kolinsky -- monica lewinsky issue that morphed into something different because the prosecutor kept looking. there are concerns of this...
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host: outline what the obama administration policy does. it means select individuals would be immune from deportation. it affects 800,000 people that had come to the united states before the age of 16, number than 30. they must be in the u.s. for five continuous years. they must also be a graduate of high school or have a ged, had military service come at no criminal record. why are these details important when we are talking about young people who are succeeding in school, jobs in the military? why is that part of it? guest: this is about trying to define a group or class of people for this relief, and so the criteria that the administration settled on really tracks the criteria in the dream act, the kind of larger solution we were talking about, the permanent fix to the problem. it tries to find a group of people who came to the country as children who are -- who are in school, in the military, on a track to contributing to society, and that we will not deport these people and we will give them a chance to earn income and participate full
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the obama administration does not want to go that way so far. it would prefer to pressure china to raise the value of its currency through negotiation. governor romney has also said he would be tough on trade enforcement. there's no way to actually proof that he would be. host: james, thank you very much for explaining this complaint. guest: thank you. host: we will talk more about the world trade organization and china in our last hour. we will get deeper and you can call in with your questions about the wto and trade policy with china. back to our question, the video of governor romney that was put out yesterday on mother jones magazine. the governor responded to it last night. what do you think the impact is on campaign 2012? david is a republican in salisbury, maryland. you are on the air. caller: people are living illegally off the government's. governor romney told the truth. think that he insinuated all the people live on the government or are doing it illegally or unfairly. i had co-workers who were not married, who were working and maki
the obama administration does not want to go that way so far. it would prefer to pressure china to raise the value of its currency through negotiation. governor romney has also said he would be tough on trade enforcement. there's no way to actually proof that he would be. host: james, thank you very much for explaining this complaint. guest: thank you. host: we will talk more about the world trade organization and china in our last hour. we will get deeper and you can call in with your...
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>host: where are the differences in the bush administration and the obama administration foreign policy, and where are the similarities? guest: foreign policy factored very heavily into this, in the 2008 election. john mccain was a war hero, the head of the senate armed services committee contingent, against barack obama, a relative unknown with less experience in foreign policy. barack obama campaigned on his policy to end the iraq war. it was not going well in 2008. at that time there was a clear difference. while president obama fulfilled his promise to withdraw troops from iraq, a lot of other things he did around the world works different. he did not close guantanamo bay, as he promised. is executing of drone strikes in six or seven countries around the world. he has a very muscular foreign policy. the bush foreign policy was more neo conservative. how does it plain do what we are doing this year? the republican party is totally split on this issue at this point. it does not get talked about a lot because they don't want to highlight the fact they are split on foreign policy. reali
>host: where are the differences in the bush administration and the obama administration foreign policy, and where are the similarities? guest: foreign policy factored very heavily into this, in the 2008 election. john mccain was a war hero, the head of the senate armed services committee contingent, against barack obama, a relative unknown with less experience in foreign policy. barack obama campaigned on his policy to end the iraq war. it was not going well in 2008. at that time there was...
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guest: let me point out that if that is exactly what the obama administration is saying. if governor romney thinks differently about how to prosecute or wind down the war in afghanistan, he did not show it in those comments. guest: this is true, however i think the argument the romney campaign is trying to make is how could the obama administration telegraph the exit strategy so far out from when it will take place? by doing that, as soon as the white house said we are getting out by 2014, european allies followed and said we are going to get out before that. i think that is what the romney camp is trying to hone in on. the second thing is clearly, our enemies inside of afghanistan, have no reason to negotiate because they know we are going to leave no matter what happens. guest: all of this is true, but let's not forget this does not happen in a vacuum. the united states is in afghanistan with numerous other countries, and it was natal that agree to this idea of a 2014 withdrawal. the united states, it is not clear to me if the rest of the nato polls out on schedule, --
guest: let me point out that if that is exactly what the obama administration is saying. if governor romney thinks differently about how to prosecute or wind down the war in afghanistan, he did not show it in those comments. guest: this is true, however i think the argument the romney campaign is trying to make is how could the obama administration telegraph the exit strategy so far out from when it will take place? by doing that, as soon as the white house said we are getting out by 2014,...
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what is the first item for the second obama administration? guest: the first question is the so-called fiscal cliff, which no one wants the country to go over but no one as a way to fix. the president will spend most of the next year working on that. he will have staff issues to work on with turnover in his cabinet, and the senior levels in the west wing as well. those are the most pressing things he will take on first. host: margaret talev, what did you hear from him wednesday about negotiations on the fiscal cliff? guest: you heard him say he reached out to leadership and that he was serious about tackling this. vice president joe biden, in more detail, also said that he has had conversations and they are serious about doing this. a big part of this is in terms of perception, is the president reaching out and engage in more than he has in the past, and not just with republicans, but his own party. host: bloomberg's headline -- " dial tumble's most in one year after presidential elections." guest: what if he had not reached out, right? part o
what is the first item for the second obama administration? guest: the first question is the so-called fiscal cliff, which no one wants the country to go over but no one as a way to fix. the president will spend most of the next year working on that. he will have staff issues to work on with turnover in his cabinet, and the senior levels in the west wing as well. those are the most pressing things he will take on first. host: margaret talev, what did you hear from him wednesday about...
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uest: in terms of ta host: the obama administration. guest: they still need to establish some of the legitimate government there. after the incredibly uplifting movements in it to rear square, it has devolved into a long protracted -- tahrir square, it has devloved. there is still no clear internal structure. it is enforcing the new governing structure and egypt has not really begun to speak out. this is a populous and important nation. there really have not since, since mubarak left office. the administration is working with them to reform the army, make sure the army is a stabilizing force and to make sure their relationship with israel is important. host: ken in lancaster, south carolina. caller: and kind of nervous. can you bear with me? i have three topics. i want to touch on general petraeus. yes, he needs to be disciplined. the attack that killed american citizens. he had no means of attacking us. then afghanistan. the corrupt government of karzai. osama bin laden was in pakistan and we gave them $10 billion in aid. china called
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i could have 100 about the obama administration. ibm concerned about -- i am concerned about the taxes for transactions, getting money out of the bank, or whatever, and then the hospital fine. if you go to the hospital and you have to come back in within 30 days. say you have a heart attack, and they said new home, then they did send you home, then they thought -- send you home, then they find the hospitals. how will that work? i am also concerned about this oil thing. obama has turned down anything with the pipeline, and we have oil that is protecting us from buying overseas and giving them money. also, taxes are supposed to be to help people in other countries. what about this country? guest: a couple of different questions to tackle. some i know about, some i do not know as much about. i do not know specifically about the u.n. tax, but foreign aid is always a topic that people grumble about, how much the nation is spending helping countries around the world, especially during this time in the u.s. economy when so many americans h
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of the obama administration. also another interesting aspect of the work i did for the staff, it involved looking at installing think our alliances and partnerships of looking at the future of american power and america's ability to lead over the coming years and decades. host: graduated university of michigan in jamestown. guest: i think that is true. i think the saudis and their proximity, wycherley across a small water wake, they are going to feel the impact of a nuclear iran much more directly, and their vulnerability to potential sabotage, energy and oil refinery and various facilities that are particularly vulnerable to any kind of destabilizing effort has been to come in this has been the reason why we have seen public reports of them potentially looking at options that they would themselves look at to develop a nuclear capability, whether it is pakistan or some other means of acquiring its own nuclear deterrence. host: let's go back to the map. i want to ask you how narrow of a passageway is that, and wha
of the obama administration. also another interesting aspect of the work i did for the staff, it involved looking at installing think our alliances and partnerships of looking at the future of american power and america's ability to lead over the coming years and decades. host: graduated university of michigan in jamestown. guest: i think that is true. i think the saudis and their proximity, wycherley across a small water wake, they are going to feel the impact of a nuclear iran much more...
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obama's secret wars and surprising use of american power, david sanger analyzes how the obama administration has handled new foreign threats. in "the great destroyer," barack obama's war on the republic, political commentator david limbaugh presents his thoughts on president obama's first term in office. a columnist for the "new york times" examines the political influence texas has on the united states in "as texas goes: how the lone star state hijacked the american agenda." political columnist and lawyer recounts the history of the gay rights movement in "victory: the triumphant gay revolution, how a despised minority pushback beat death, found love, and changed america for everyone." former member of the maryland house of delegates presents a memoir of his father, sargent shriver, founder of the peace corps in, "a good man." there's a comprehensive account of world war ii in "the second world war." in chris christie, a journalist explore the life and career of the new jersey governor. look for these titles in bookstores this coming week and watch for the authors in the near future on book
obama's secret wars and surprising use of american power, david sanger analyzes how the obama administration has handled new foreign threats. in "the great destroyer," barack obama's war on the republic, political commentator david limbaugh presents his thoughts on president obama's first term in office. a columnist for the "new york times" examines the political influence texas has on the united states in "as texas goes: how the lone star state hijacked the american...
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i think the obama administration has crossed over a line that people think the government should not be treading into. host: john from louisiana. caller: hello. guest: good morning. caller: i'm catholic and on the church board. all catholics in some form use birth control. the roman catholic church needs to step out of the 17th century and into the 21st century. catholics, if they want birth control, they will find it. if they do not, there will not. -- if they did not, they will not. this is not between church and state. this is political nonsense. guest: callback and look at the first amendment -- go back and look. this guarantees the free exercise of individuals' religious beliefs. it is you're right not to agree with all the tenants of the catholic church. that's the beauty of america. you have to do something that violates it. you have to provide abortion- inducing drugs. that violates all the religious freedoms that america was founded upon. it goes way beyond an individual's belief in their own faith. it is whether the government to make these mandates on individuals or religi
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the obama administration reversed course. a lot of republicans are pressing for a reversal of that decision. it is in the courts right now. host: if a militant is outside this -- the jurisdiction of the nnsa. guest: nnsa is not into disposal of commercial nuclear waste. it is really about how we maintain the stockpile we have. there are eight sites to run the country tasked with that. there is the other mission of securing nuclear materials around the world to make sure it is safe. that has been the agenda of the obama administration as well. the money goes to efforts overseas to make sure things are safe overseas. host: you mentioned a lot of this is classified. you report on the topic that is challenging to delve into. how close of you got into the story? have you been able to go to the facilities and visit the sites? have you seen the teams in action? guest: i have been to five of the eight sites. i have been to los alamos national laboratory. there are certain things i can see and certain things i cannot see. as a journal
the obama administration reversed course. a lot of republicans are pressing for a reversal of that decision. it is in the courts right now. host: if a militant is outside this -- the jurisdiction of the nnsa. guest: nnsa is not into disposal of commercial nuclear waste. it is really about how we maintain the stockpile we have. there are eight sites to run the country tasked with that. there is the other mission of securing nuclear materials around the world to make sure it is safe. that has...
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no doubt, the obama administration has done great work on counter-terrorism. as soon as i left government, one of the things i argued in some of the speeches that i lectured is that you would see fundamental counter-terrorism policy. because it had evolved and because you have the same kinds of threats that the new president was going to have to face that the last president was going to read to face. there has been continuity. to the credit of the obama administration, i think they have been very aggressive in going after al qaeda, not just in pakistan and afghanistan, but also in afghanistan and -- but also in somalia. and in pakistan. you can go back and look at the list of the plot's disrupted. the august, 2006 airlines plot, which would have been disastrous, outside of plotting to bring down 10 flights over the atlantic. that would have been disastrous. it was aborted because of the cooperation between the u.s. and british services. and the anthrax attack was not the al qaeda. host: next call a, north carolina. caller: welcome back. do you want to make a b
no doubt, the obama administration has done great work on counter-terrorism. as soon as i left government, one of the things i argued in some of the speeches that i lectured is that you would see fundamental counter-terrorism policy. because it had evolved and because you have the same kinds of threats that the new president was going to have to face that the last president was going to read to face. there has been continuity. to the credit of the obama administration, i think they have been...
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administration. -- president obama's administration. these people are digging up needles in a haystack from this program. any program you're going to have winners and losers. all you have to do is look and see. try to get applications approved. thank you. host: who is requesting these loans? guest: we start with the applicants themselves. with the applicants in the program. and then we follow those applications through the decision making process. that has been the focus of our work. host: i want to show our viewers the business section of "the new york times." "feeling solyndra's chill." in your latest investigation are you finding now that doe is being too cautious? guest: we did not look at it that way. i will provide some context. all of the loans or made to date, all 30 loans -- host: going back? guest: the first law was made in december 2010 and the last one was made december 30, 2011. all those laws were made and paid for. they were out of recovery act spending. the american recovery and reinvestment act of 2009. that allocated s
administration. -- president obama's administration. these people are digging up needles in a haystack from this program. any program you're going to have winners and losers. all you have to do is look and see. try to get applications approved. thank you. host: who is requesting these loans? guest: we start with the applicants themselves. with the applicants in the program. and then we follow those applications through the decision making process. that has been the focus of our work. host: i...
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the obama administration stuck to its argument that this was not terrorism. you had a growing sense that the administration's story wasn't quite right. you had an inflexible position by the administration. the intelligence consensus shifted, the demonstration was left looking kind of foolish. that is a problem of clumsy and messaging. to turn this into a sign of that massive failure of american leadership is silly. o in: let's go to fernand texas. caller: good morning. i'm glad they are talking about foreign affairs. it is the same agenda. when are we going to go to war? it has been set up since bush senior, since the shah. obama on the calling of the ban doesn't attack -- i think a terrorist attack, to call it a terror act, it was that. i feel that we're doing what israel wants. to say the terrorists are attacking because jealousy is absurd. we'd obviously attacked them first. it looks like an empire. we're not defensive. com on, we are blatantly -- come on, we are blatantly going to war. i think obama is strategic and realistic. mitt romney is more blatant.
the obama administration stuck to its argument that this was not terrorism. you had a growing sense that the administration's story wasn't quite right. you had an inflexible position by the administration. the intelligence consensus shifted, the demonstration was left looking kind of foolish. that is a problem of clumsy and messaging. to turn this into a sign of that massive failure of american leadership is silly. o in: let's go to fernand texas. caller: good morning. i'm glad they are talking...
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the obama administration would not defend that law. the house republicans appointed john clement. many of those cases are under appeal and they will surely decide one of those cases this spring host: is there one more likely than the other? guest: that is an inside baseball question. the problem that arose is that elena kagan was the solicitor general when some of those cases were beginning and she mentioned at her confirmation hearings that she had participated in discussions about one of the cases. i think what the court wants to try to do is find a case where she came later and had no involvement. you want nine justices. they don't want age. you could get a split in the would not decide anything. host: she would be one of the key votes to watch? guest: when it is a close vote, every vote is a key vote. in answer to your question, there are several cases and it is not a matter of a good or bad case. one of the deciding issues will be of justice kagan participated. when eight supreme court struck down an act of congress, they almost always hear the appeal. that law is constitutio
the obama administration would not defend that law. the house republicans appointed john clement. many of those cases are under appeal and they will surely decide one of those cases this spring host: is there one more likely than the other? guest: that is an inside baseball question. the problem that arose is that elena kagan was the solicitor general when some of those cases were beginning and she mentioned at her confirmation hearings that she had participated in discussions about one of the...
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the middle east expert on the obama administration's response to the arab spring, iraq, and the peace process. tonight at 9:00. >> this is the conversation we need to have that nobody is willing to have. what role should the government play in how things are financed? >> sure details the subprime lending collapse, the detailed -- she details the subprime lending collapse. >> if you want to subsidize housing and in the populous agrees is something we should subsidize, make it clear and evident. make everybody aware of how much it is costing. when you do it for the third party enterprises and deliver the subsidy through a public company with private sure movers and executives who can extract a lot of the subsidy for themselves, that is not a good way of subsidizing home ownership. we have seen that in 2008. >> more tonight at 8:00. "washington journal" continues. host: the details of the health care law and what it means for our country. we want to introduce ron pollack, effective director of families usa, and joseph antos of the american enterprise institute. i want to focus on the big
the middle east expert on the obama administration's response to the arab spring, iraq, and the peace process. tonight at 9:00. >> this is the conversation we need to have that nobody is willing to have. what role should the government play in how things are financed? >> sure details the subprime lending collapse, the detailed -- she details the subprime lending collapse. >> if you want to subsidize housing and in the populous agrees is something we should subsidize, make it...
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caller: good morning, i trust the obama administration. you had a guy from cnbc on last week, larry cudloe. he made no bones about being a republican but he said this orion plan is not what it seems and the need to watch it. when they privatize it, especially the younger ones, who was going to make sure they pay into their private deal? i'm going to vote against vicky hartzler here in missouri. i don't think the senior citizens -- that think they will be all right. i have watched paul ryan and i cannot buy what he is dishing out. host: do you think that medicare now becomes the issue of the presidential campaign or is this something we're talking about now because paul ryan has put out this proposal in the past? he has been spouting this stuff in congress for quite a while. there is a lot of republicans in congress that don't agree with him. i have a lot of republican friends around this area, i and 30 miles north of springfield, missouri, and we have a show on the radio every sunday morning and there is a lot of concern about it. i believ
caller: good morning, i trust the obama administration. you had a guy from cnbc on last week, larry cudloe. he made no bones about being a republican but he said this orion plan is not what it seems and the need to watch it. when they privatize it, especially the younger ones, who was going to make sure they pay into their private deal? i'm going to vote against vicky hartzler here in missouri. i don't think the senior citizens -- that think they will be all right. i have watched paul ryan and...
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is doing a good job as the obama administration. i would even guess that prior to 2005, throughout -- from 2002- 2006 when democrats took over congress, the administration was creating jobs. the so-called tax cuts for the rich which president obama has and people are now urging him to do something about before they expire. host: that will be the last word and thank you for your calls and comments including this one -- the question this morning is whether there are fears of a double dip recession and we will have more in a moment but one note on this weekend where the queen is getting a lot"of lot " time magazine"has full coverage of the diamond jubilee. she is 86 years old and here are surprising facts about queen elizabeth ii. she speaks fluent french. she has received more than 3.5 million items of correspondence. since 1952, she has conferred over 404,000 honors and awards. she has sent over 37,000 christmas cards and is the only person in great britain and drive without a license. the last and only other british monarch to celeb
is doing a good job as the obama administration. i would even guess that prior to 2005, throughout -- from 2002- 2006 when democrats took over congress, the administration was creating jobs. the so-called tax cuts for the rich which president obama has and people are now urging him to do something about before they expire. host: that will be the last word and thank you for your calls and comments including this one -- the question this morning is whether there are fears of a double dip...
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my challenge for the obama administration is simple. but to back up all the causes which have been taken down. you want to hold things sacred? holding sacred. [applause] -- hold things sacred. tell the muslim brotherhood if you -- the key burning churches you will cut the $1 billion to just give them. [applause] wheaton the ministers that thinks liberal -- religious -- we need an administration that things religious liberty includes christians and jews. [inaudible] host: from our e-mail. next call, republican. good morning. host: i am an individual who has reclaimed my own identity and ability to think for myself. i have written to c-span in the past to do away with the three choices that we are forced to identify ourselves with. democrats, independents, are republican. i wish more people, my fellow americans, would do that. take back their own identity and their own brains. i registered here as a republican in florida it in order to vote for a candidate i support and that is ron paul who had 5200 people at madison, wisconsin the other
my challenge for the obama administration is simple. but to back up all the causes which have been taken down. you want to hold things sacred? holding sacred. [applause] -- hold things sacred. tell the muslim brotherhood if you -- the key burning churches you will cut the $1 billion to just give them. [applause] wheaton the ministers that thinks liberal -- religious -- we need an administration that things religious liberty includes christians and jews. [inaudible] host: from our e-mail. next...
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more homes have been foreclosed on during the bush administration, not the obama administration. i would love to talk about facts, but maybe you're just a little bit disingenuous on your backs. -- on your facts. guest: the word liar is a harsh word. we talked about trying to find commonality here. what i will say about it romney, having been around him a great deal, is a man of great faith and strong family and strong family values. if given the opportunity, i know he will leave the country with honesty and integrity. we might disagree with his policies. i disagree with the president and certainly some of his policies, but i certainly try not to question his motives or goals or why he does what he does. i would hope the voters would hope both sides can return stability to this process, and maybe not to be quite as divided. but fight, argue, in debate, but i hope it is fair at the end of the day and able to move forward as a country. host: republican on the line. supporter of mitt romney. -- robert hagan from ohio and jay hottinger, thank you for joining us. a month not to go. we'
more homes have been foreclosed on during the bush administration, not the obama administration. i would love to talk about facts, but maybe you're just a little bit disingenuous on your backs. -- on your facts. guest: the word liar is a harsh word. we talked about trying to find commonality here. what i will say about it romney, having been around him a great deal, is a man of great faith and strong family and strong family values. if given the opportunity, i know he will leave the country...
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and for the obama administration to demand that the catholic church violate its principles and force them to provide this kind of thing against their conscience is a gross violation of liberty of conscience and freedom of religion. furthermore, the notion that as i said earlier, that providing free stuff -- more free stuff from the government -- in the sense it's a little indirect you're forcing the -- the government is forcing the insurance companies to pay for it but it will be from all of us. more free stuff is so transparently political. ditsdz kathleen sleelyuss and sit around and say, what medicine should we provide for free? how about you know chemotherapy? how about inhailers for asthmatics or insulin for diabetics? no. they said let's provide free extra seppings for women because we're after the women's vote. in 2012. it is just a transparent political attempt to pay off a constituency that they need very badly for reelection. host: and you mentioned the media role and their coverage of it. guest: i think that there's been a tremendous derl 86 in that they haven't appreciate
and for the obama administration to demand that the catholic church violate its principles and force them to provide this kind of thing against their conscience is a gross violation of liberty of conscience and freedom of religion. furthermore, the notion that as i said earlier, that providing free stuff -- more free stuff from the government -- in the sense it's a little indirect you're forcing the -- the government is forcing the insurance companies to pay for it but it will be from all of...
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caller: what does the obama administration plan to do with the tax passes soaring across america? in china they are doing some program or to reduce the gaps. i want to know will happen with gas prices everywhere. guest: the caller raises a good point. the average person out there seize $2.50 per gallon and thinks that it is too high. the truth is that up here they were bracing for $55, even. there was a price spike back in january and february, which was unusual, because there is usually a hit that comes in the summer. the reality is that there has been an increase in output and slowly but surely the crisis has flattened out in that $3 range. it has taken some of the wind out of the sales for republicans that wanted to make this a central issue. you do not hear them talking nearly as much about the keystone pipeline, which was a real focus for them last fall and early winter. i think that by the convention the return to that will be a good issue for independent voters. they will be framing their votes in the fall. we will see how those prices go up or down in the final few weeks b
caller: what does the obama administration plan to do with the tax passes soaring across america? in china they are doing some program or to reduce the gaps. i want to know will happen with gas prices everywhere. guest: the caller raises a good point. the average person out there seize $2.50 per gallon and thinks that it is too high. the truth is that up here they were bracing for $55, even. there was a price spike back in january and february, which was unusual, because there is usually a hit...
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so they went to the obama administration and said please give us your records, they were required to surrender those records, they didn't do it. there was a long court case, finally they gave the records over. this is an example of why this is needlessly polarized. we should agree on basic facts. we should make it easy to vote and hard to cheat. we can do both. we're america. sadly, we have i think two sides that seem to be talking past each other when the common sense, good government approach is let's streamline the voting process, reduce bureaucratic bundling and also make it charter -- hardtory cheat because there is cheating out there. i can give you example after example. in madison county, florida, the election supervisor has been indicted for election fraud, troy, new york, the election city clerk was indicted for voter fraud. this happens over and over in this country and we can stop it if we take common sense steps. hess host june fund, joining us from new york, also on twitter, c-span/wj. marilyn, our line for democrats, good morning, thank you for waiting. caller: yes, go
so they went to the obama administration and said please give us your records, they were required to surrender those records, they didn't do it. there was a long court case, finally they gave the records over. this is an example of why this is needlessly polarized. we should agree on basic facts. we should make it easy to vote and hard to cheat. we can do both. we're america. sadly, we have i think two sides that seem to be talking past each other when the common sense, good government approach...
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the obama administration in the immigration department announced this change. so last year we saw the change in policy where they are really going after people with criminal records and targeting them. as you mentioned, not so much going after parents and people with family members -- guest: people not unlike the in- laws of the last calller. host: how does that play out? let's say your here from china. you came in the country on a student visa and just stayed, may be working here illegally, but not committing any other violations. how realistic is it that you will be deported? guest: i do not even know. it really depends. if you are part -- an employee of a country where they decide -- an employee of a company where they decide to do an audit, that ups your chances considerably. there are only a few companies the administration has been auditing. it is hard to know who was here illegally and who was not. it is not something the of the station is looking for specifically. -- it is not something the administration is looking for specifically necessarily. there a
the obama administration in the immigration department announced this change. so last year we saw the change in policy where they are really going after people with criminal records and targeting them. as you mentioned, not so much going after parents and people with family members -- guest: people not unlike the in- laws of the last calller. host: how does that play out? let's say your here from china. you came in the country on a student visa and just stayed, may be working here illegally,...
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the obama administration floated his name. i do not the that means the president is committed to nominating him. i think they put his name out to see the reaction. host: the caller said he believes president obama caves too much. guest: i am not sure if is a cave because they do not think president obama is that committed to nominating him i think he was willing to go through with the rice nomination, but she pulled out. there is always a calculation to be made as to how much political capital you want to spend in the nomination fight. i am told he was considering up anyway.e's name host: hilda solis is the secretary of labor. any indication she is thinking about going? guest: no, if she does go you can rest assured the nominee will be pro-union. host: she is a former congresswoman from california, 32nd district. i want to go to david on the republicans' line. caller: i have a couple of comments and maybe a question. i do not see many of the cabinet people worth what they are making. maybe that is just my perception of what i
the obama administration floated his name. i do not the that means the president is committed to nominating him. i think they put his name out to see the reaction. host: the caller said he believes president obama caves too much. guest: i am not sure if is a cave because they do not think president obama is that committed to nominating him i think he was willing to go through with the rice nomination, but she pulled out. there is always a calculation to be made as to how much political capital...
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hitting that 54-mile-per-gallon mandate that the obama administration put in place will take something on the order of $50 billion or more over the next 10, 12 years. that's a lot of money to take out of these companies and it's going to force them to build cars that they make less profit on and that so far the american public hasn't shown an appetite for. the volt, the chevrolet volt, the all electric car, limited run of 10,000 vehicles last year and despite all the hoopla about this being the vehicle that leads america into the future, they only sold 7500 of them and each one had to come with a $7,000 subsidy from american taxpayers. this is not a way to run an industry and not a good predictor of future success. the market ought to have some role in determine what vehicles these companies make. host: 7.2 million registered voters in michigan, a state that is home to about nearly 10 million residents, 9.8, to be exact, with 79% white, 14% black. explain what the rules are for tuesday's voting in michigan. who the can vote? >> it's an open primary and anybody can go in and vote. you h
hitting that 54-mile-per-gallon mandate that the obama administration put in place will take something on the order of $50 billion or more over the next 10, 12 years. that's a lot of money to take out of these companies and it's going to force them to build cars that they make less profit on and that so far the american public hasn't shown an appetite for. the volt, the chevrolet volt, the all electric car, limited run of 10,000 vehicles last year and despite all the hoopla about this being the...
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obama's administration sweeps it under the rug. aside kind of an administration -- he has prevented the congress from being able to investigate a united states attorney. and it is just continuously -- it is just continuously crooked. i raised my kids not to be racist. but i have never seen a more racist person in my entire life. host: ok we will have steven vancore to respond. guest: i did not know that the president had the power to tell congress that cannot investigate something. but david is a registered democrat who votes republican. and we have a lot of that in north florida, people who are registered democrat. they tend to vote republican at the top of the ticket. and david, i would guess but some of the voted democrat locally for your local elections. that is an important demographic. the president does well among -- north of the 1-4 corridor, a lot of world democrats, who historically vote republican, and vote more democrat down the ticket. that is important for the president. he can hold his own against th them he will win
obama's administration sweeps it under the rug. aside kind of an administration -- he has prevented the congress from being able to investigate a united states attorney. and it is just continuously -- it is just continuously crooked. i raised my kids not to be racist. but i have never seen a more racist person in my entire life. host: ok we will have steven vancore to respond. guest: i did not know that the president had the power to tell congress that cannot investigate something. but david is...
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the caller we just had it is typical of the sense out there in the country that the obama administration was dealing with, that if you help borrowers who have gotten into trouble, then you are helping people that should've been responsible for their own mortgages, for their own credit cards, and why should you take my tax dollars and give it to the title did not do the responsible thing that i did. so i think that was a big reason why you saw the administration and congress not do more on the mortgage crisis and the underwater mortgages and so forth. on the part of the banks, sheila bair was sort of a hero pin all this. she really pushed the administration and congress to make dodd-frank stronger than it might otherwise have been. the battles between her and tim geithner are legendary. i personally think that dodd- frank is a stronger bill than it has been given credit for. time will tell. host: now to florida, independent caller, martin. caller: how are you? i read washington monthly every day. i will try to break this down to three things. the investment banks, perhaps we should remove
the caller we just had it is typical of the sense out there in the country that the obama administration was dealing with, that if you help borrowers who have gotten into trouble, then you are helping people that should've been responsible for their own mortgages, for their own credit cards, and why should you take my tax dollars and give it to the title did not do the responsible thing that i did. so i think that was a big reason why you saw the administration and congress not do more on the...
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the obama administration came out with executive orders right after the inauguration. so we have this ping-pong but david's bacon, richard nixon of all people suspended the bacon davis act. foe -- basically >> -- host: mitt romney on the campaign trail took this on as a topic specifically addressing davis-bacon here. here's what he had to say. >> i know the american people, and free individuals as union and non-union can compete. but it's time for the government to say let's let the competition begin on an even playing field and do not tilt things. [applause] >> and return to the principles of the declaration of ipt and the constitution. host: returning to the principles of the constitution also said to the union bostons. this is how we spent my behigh. -- if you have a situation where the government is a customer or the marketplace is exploiting workers, it makes sense to protect them. minimum wages and the like. the question is, if the union buys into, this because of the way this company drills -- the question is if the november for example, think about when you're
the obama administration came out with executive orders right after the inauguration. so we have this ping-pong but david's bacon, richard nixon of all people suspended the bacon davis act. foe -- basically >> -- host: mitt romney on the campaign trail took this on as a topic specifically addressing davis-bacon here. here's what he had to say. >> i know the american people, and free individuals as union and non-union can compete. but it's time for the government to say let's let the...
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we lost a lot of american citizens in the administration and mike obama. we already have big brother. we have the patriot act. we have lost a lot of our freedom. we know they will use them here. how will we change the patriot act to get us back to our rights? the second question is about the drone strikes between obama and bush and the rhetoric you have that obama is a muslim and all this other crap. the second part is -- host: i do not understand your question. caller: what is the difference between bush and obama with the drone strikes and the patriot act? host: those the patriot act did the government latitude when it comes to drone strikes? guest: that is right. by law, it is an act of self- defense. that is the -- by u.n. law, it is an act of self-defense. there was a lot of focus on the bush administration and afghanistan. the president was elected by saying he would try to end the war. we use. if your drones in iraq for surveillance. -- we used creditor drones in iraq for surveillance. this president used the tool to focus on what he said he would d
we lost a lot of american citizens in the administration and mike obama. we already have big brother. we have the patriot act. we have lost a lot of our freedom. we know they will use them here. how will we change the patriot act to get us back to our rights? the second question is about the drone strikes between obama and bush and the rhetoric you have that obama is a muslim and all this other crap. the second part is -- host: i do not understand your question. caller: what is the difference...
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host: a new debate about stimulus saying that the obama administration -- waco, texas, uncle sam helping or hurting the economy? the republican line. caller: this government and this president is killing jobs. obamacare, at the very beginning, there is a 3.8% surcharge. for people like me who have our own businesses with a great number of employees, there is a medicare tax that goes up to 3.8% in addition to the first 3.8%. you had that up and -- you add that up and you look at local government or you have 8% or 9% right there. so you have a 60% marginal tax bracket. government is sucking the money out of us so fast it is unbelievable. and what we do? there's $60 billion in waste in medicare. $40 billion in fraud in medicaid. and look at the energies with solyndra and things like that. host: hold on, what is your line of business? what do you do? caller: i ran a production unit, produced a low molecular mass saw. host: how many people did you employed? caller: in 1991, i have around 700 workers. -- i had about 700 workers. with the boom, i had about a thousand. and then obama came in and
host: a new debate about stimulus saying that the obama administration -- waco, texas, uncle sam helping or hurting the economy? the republican line. caller: this government and this president is killing jobs. obamacare, at the very beginning, there is a 3.8% surcharge. for people like me who have our own businesses with a great number of employees, there is a medicare tax that goes up to 3.8% in addition to the first 3.8%. you had that up and -- you add that up and you look at local government...
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he went after the obama administration. [video clip] >> there are some in the administration who argue that we can do business with iran's leaders. the president speaks of common interest. let me be clear about this. we do not have common interest with a terrorist regime. [applause] their interest is in the destruction of israel and the domination of the middle east. it is profoundly irrational to suggest that the ayatollahs things the way we do our share our values. they do not. i will bring the current policy of procrastination towards iran to an end. host: senator ben cardin, your reaction? guest: i agree with mitt romney that iran and the united states have little in common. our objective is to prevent them from becoming a nuclear weapons state. we think the best way to do that is to get as much international support as we possibly can to isolate iran. i think that working. whether it will be enough, time will tell. we cannot permit iran to become a nuclear weapons state. we have no misgivings that they share our values
he went after the obama administration. [video clip] >> there are some in the administration who argue that we can do business with iran's leaders. the president speaks of common interest. let me be clear about this. we do not have common interest with a terrorist regime. [applause] their interest is in the destruction of israel and the domination of the middle east. it is profoundly irrational to suggest that the ayatollahs things the way we do our share our values. they do not. i will...
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i mean, for 18 months or so, the obama administration has gone out of its way and bent over backwards to go through the u.n. so it hasn't had to end up in a war. but sometimes wars happen. it's because you have two irreconcilable sides. a minority dominated regime that is brutal, that has a proven track record of being unable to reform, ruling over one of the youngest populations in the middle east outside the palestinian territories. these two forces are just swirling around each other like a hurricane and anyone who's visited syria over the past year, or the areas around it, gets that. western policymakers, though, thought that oh well, maybe it would settle down or maybe eventually people would go home. that didn't happen. so i think what we're looking at here is a conflict, and a hurricane which has been gathering for some time and of course it's harder to deal with a hurricane if you don't take procedures in advance to get people to safety and to deal with a fallout and that's what the obama administration i believe is doing now. host: our guest is andrew tay. let me go back to t
i mean, for 18 months or so, the obama administration has gone out of its way and bent over backwards to go through the u.n. so it hasn't had to end up in a war. but sometimes wars happen. it's because you have two irreconcilable sides. a minority dominated regime that is brutal, that has a proven track record of being unable to reform, ruling over one of the youngest populations in the middle east outside the palestinian territories. these two forces are just swirling around each other like a...
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as putting pressure on israel, none of them disagree with the fact that obama, the obama administration has been the most supportive administration of any on a level of strategic and military cooperation. when you look at this war in comparison to 2008, there was nearly unanimous support for israel. all of the senators, members of the house were saying, israel has got to defend itself. and when the israelis wanted the united states to go in and help for the cease-fire, the secretary of state what they are despite the fact this was not a prior issue. the issue is can the united states support israel, and at the same time be an effective a broker that takes arab interests into account? that has been the issue. it is not the level of support. host: richard, fla. on our line for independents. caller: it has been said that the muslim brotherhood has the same goal as al-qaida in the sense of wanting to establish a radical islamic government around the world. the difference being that the muslim brotherhood doesn't want to get into a violent approach but take more of a patient political approa
as putting pressure on israel, none of them disagree with the fact that obama, the obama administration has been the most supportive administration of any on a level of strategic and military cooperation. when you look at this war in comparison to 2008, there was nearly unanimous support for israel. all of the senators, members of the house were saying, israel has got to defend itself. and when the israelis wanted the united states to go in and help for the cease-fire, the secretary of state...
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and the obama administration put forth something similar. do you think that was a successful collaboration and how does what you're doing now affect things like what you've done in the past? guest: well, it was a successful complab ration and california, particularly southern california, where barbara lives and georgia, have unique similarities in this housing crisis. we have an awful lot of families who are making their monthly payments on time but their house is underwater. it's not worth the mortgage on it. the government was rewarding all these people who were defaulting on their loans by a big them out and not rewarding people who were playing by the rules and making their payments so we suggested that freddie mac and fannie mae ought to refinance these people at the new current low rates to lower their monthly payment to help incentivize them to stay in the homes because if they stay in the homes and makes the payments, eventually the value will come back, but most importantly the neighborhood will remain stable. host: if you'd like to
and the obama administration put forth something similar. do you think that was a successful collaboration and how does what you're doing now affect things like what you've done in the past? guest: well, it was a successful complab ration and california, particularly southern california, where barbara lives and georgia, have unique similarities in this housing crisis. we have an awful lot of families who are making their monthly payments on time but their house is underwater. it's not worth the...
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guest: the obama administration changed 70 years of labor rules. i think the compromise that was reached was a fair compromise. to delay the process any more would be not in the best interest of the american people. i was determined to move it forward. my concern is outrageous cost duplicate programs, less efficiency, and i think we were able to modify a law that i helped pass in 2003 that expired in 2007 that was long overdue. we got those reforms. they had to compromise, each side did, a little bit on the labor issue. host: 18 international union sent a letter to congress. they said -- guest: well, none of that happen, of course. the democrats, the democratic leadership helped workout this compromise. i think it was a fair compromise. we got some transparency and this whole union election process. that's the way the airlines, many of them, are organized. yes, it does belong in it. yes, the house voted for probably tougher measures. we did not get those. the american people want us to get this work done and stop messing around. so much of the econ
guest: the obama administration changed 70 years of labor rules. i think the compromise that was reached was a fair compromise. to delay the process any more would be not in the best interest of the american people. i was determined to move it forward. my concern is outrageous cost duplicate programs, less efficiency, and i think we were able to modify a law that i helped pass in 2003 that expired in 2007 that was long overdue. we got those reforms. they had to compromise, each side did, a...
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this election is about not only the things that happen during the bush administration which obama is being blamed for currently but we know it's about racism. host: thank you for the call. eight questions as the campaign heads into the final months and what topics "washington post" will affect the outcome of campaign 2012. jay is on the phone. good morning. caller: i think there's going to be a big swing with the independents. we really wanted ron paul but that's not going to happen. i think the republicans are failing to really realize that all of their phil busters and trying to take away the people that don't have voter ids and just going through florida and purging votes is really going to hurt them in the long run because we really don't want the public to be trashed again and then be deceived with another bush and cheney again because they destroyed this country. they put us so far in the hole. it's sad that they want to keep blaming obama for all these problems that occurred when bush and cheney were in and most of the people know what really happened on this. and if romney ge
this election is about not only the things that happen during the bush administration which obama is being blamed for currently but we know it's about racism. host: thank you for the call. eight questions as the campaign heads into the final months and what topics "washington post" will affect the outcome of campaign 2012. jay is on the phone. good morning. caller: i think there's going to be a big swing with the independents. we really wanted ron paul but that's not going to happen....
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senate democrats and the obama administration are pushing legislation that would go further. that would actually create a new regulatory framework in place requirements on companies. host: chris strohm, thank you. by the way, cyber security is our topic this week on our "communicators" program. we sat down with senator lieberman in center colin -- senator colin. that will air this saturday at 6:30 p.m. eastern time. here is just a little bit of senator colin. >> this is something that cries out for action. if we adjourn without taking any action on cyber security, shame on us because it is inevitable with the number of daily attacks, whether from nation states or terrorist groups or heck kearse -- hackers. we're going to face a serious cyber attack. i, for one, do not want to look back and say all of the warnings were there, why did we not act? host: that interview with senators lieberman and collins air 630 eastern. -- airs 6:30 eastern. host: chicago, you are on with our guests. go ahead. caller: yes. i would like to know about the georgia state -- why they have not said an
senate democrats and the obama administration are pushing legislation that would go further. that would actually create a new regulatory framework in place requirements on companies. host: chris strohm, thank you. by the way, cyber security is our topic this week on our "communicators" program. we sat down with senator lieberman in center colin -- senator colin. that will air this saturday at 6:30 p.m. eastern time. here is just a little bit of senator colin. >> this is...
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it was approved under the bush administration, and then it was funded under the obama administration. what happened is after those decisions were made, china flooded the market with cheap solar panels and they put billions of dollars into support for the solar in just -- industry. that caused the bottom to fallout of the market in the u.s. for solar panel development, and solyndra, unfortunately, started to fall apart. the department of energy, looking at that, was looking at a choice to either lose five again million dollars of taxpayer dollars or try to restructure the loan to make the company solvent, and they decided it would be better to try to recoup some of the taxpayer money than just let the company go bankrupt. the subordinated the government interest, let lenders, in, and the restructured the loans. -- come in and restructured the loan. unfortunately, it went bad, and it is unfortunate that it did. several other smaller companies went bankrupt as a result of china's efforts, but i do not think we should not try to have loan guarantees for these projects in this country. one
it was approved under the bush administration, and then it was funded under the obama administration. what happened is after those decisions were made, china flooded the market with cheap solar panels and they put billions of dollars into support for the solar in just -- industry. that caused the bottom to fallout of the market in the u.s. for solar panel development, and solyndra, unfortunately, started to fall apart. the department of energy, looking at that, was looking at a choice to either...
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obama administration. mayor michael bloomberg also expects to receive federal funds. plans to allocate $200 million in emergency capital funding to help schools. another 300,000,004 public hospitals. --another 30 billion for public hospitals. guest: 12 billion is the immediate aid we talked about. 30 billion is long-term projects. that would go to the small business administration, department of transportation that would give it out as creance for the local transportation projects. it would hope to make the subways less vulnerable. really is less vulnerable to these types of storm surges. bill roads that are better. these are the sorts of things be but does not traditionally paid for by get dealt with by other departments. one thing the governor wants is upgrades to the power delivery system. upgrades to the gasoline system. we saw widespread-shortages. there is still-rationing and a bike in new york city. that is where a lot of the money would go to if he gets it. host: 80 in south carolina. democrat line
obama administration. mayor michael bloomberg also expects to receive federal funds. plans to allocate $200 million in emergency capital funding to help schools. another 300,000,004 public hospitals. --another 30 billion for public hospitals. guest: 12 billion is the immediate aid we talked about. 30 billion is long-term projects. that would go to the small business administration, department of transportation that would give it out as creance for the local transportation projects. it would...
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guest: and then the obama guys said -- the bush administration -- the obama administration review it and it is full speed ahead. they are concerned about the past history. they had more controls and what exports and what is allowed to come in. now, it is very interesting. congress as well, the people who raise those concerns are strongly behind the program. host: tell us about the nuclear facility. how are they checking off all of the boxes by the international community to say, it is peaceful, go ahead. guest: a few things. they signed the uiaa, the nuclear watchdog. they signed them all. the former head of their nuclear program. u.n. officials coming pretty regularly. it means that the nuclear sites, you have all these weird folks. what is interesting, when you got there it is just flat terrain. they're hoping to begin construction this summer of the actual reactor. when you go there, you see a red flag which is exactly the reactors can go. iran is only about 100 miles away. there's this big red flag or the reactor will be. host: you have been there. you have been there with this f
guest: and then the obama guys said -- the bush administration -- the obama administration review it and it is full speed ahead. they are concerned about the past history. they had more controls and what exports and what is allowed to come in. now, it is very interesting. congress as well, the people who raise those concerns are strongly behind the program. host: tell us about the nuclear facility. how are they checking off all of the boxes by the international community to say, it is peaceful,...
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or obama administration, there would say, hey, how is this relevant to my job? it is something we should look into. host: let's look at the facts and figures surrounding airport travel in the united states. 635 million air passengers last year. 5175 public airports, 14,335 private airports. who is to say that someone -- a terrorist, someone who wanted to jeopardize flight safety, could not get on an airplane on a small airport, a private airport, one that is off the beaten path? guest: these questions come up in congress all the time. tsa prioritizes our biggest airports, where there is a lot of traffic, and that is because there has long been a sense that if we are going to be attacked, it is going to be from an international traveler. those hub airports that connects two international airports have been a big focus. this a very focused, which tsa is getting to as well, -- the second focus, which tsa is getting to technology get into those airports as well. private airports is a grave concern. tsa tried to make a rule on general aviation where they said that yo
or obama administration, there would say, hey, how is this relevant to my job? it is something we should look into. host: let's look at the facts and figures surrounding airport travel in the united states. 635 million air passengers last year. 5175 public airports, 14,335 private airports. who is to say that someone -- a terrorist, someone who wanted to jeopardize flight safety, could not get on an airplane on a small airport, a private airport, one that is off the beaten path? guest: these...
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our national debt through the bush and obama administrations, our debt went up over $4 trillion just because of these wars that are totally senseless. the loss of life. now there are talking about, what are we going to go in -- we are so much involved with libya. look at what is happening with libya. it want to go to war against iran. i would say, that is the place to have big cuts. we all ought to agree on doing that. i want to raise -- i would not raise taxes. we need to cut spending. if you raise taxes, you're going to have a weaker economy. some of the tax cuts, even for the middle-class occurred for the bush administration. you do not want to raise taxes on the middle class. it will not be enough money. i think you have touched on something. i think we need to deal with the military. we cannot do that unless we change the foreign policy. we are not the world policeman getting involved with all of these countries. i think the american people ought to agree on that issue more readily than anything else. i do not see why we should talk about cutting health care for children or for
our national debt through the bush and obama administrations, our debt went up over $4 trillion just because of these wars that are totally senseless. the loss of life. now there are talking about, what are we going to go in -- we are so much involved with libya. look at what is happening with libya. it want to go to war against iran. i would say, that is the place to have big cuts. we all ought to agree on doing that. i want to raise -- i would not raise taxes. we need to cut spending. if you...
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number one, blaming the obama administration for the mess in the middle east, because of obama's polices, as i recall a year ago, condoleezza rice and the other members of the bush administration were tripping over one another to claim that they were the ones responsible for the arab uprising, that they were the ones that planted the seed of democracy by starting these wars in iraq that cost is much in terms of life and money, and this other assertion that the obama health care plan is going to ruin our system, national geographic magazine two years ago had a comparison of the costs spent her capita by various european nations and little portugal, spending about $2500 per person, per year on health care had better outcomes in infant mortality than the united states, which is paying three times more. guest: i don't believe it. when you see the flow happen in the different direction, then i'll believe it. what do i mean by that. when we see more americans going to europe for health care rather than europeans coming here for health care, then i will buy the european system or at least part
number one, blaming the obama administration for the mess in the middle east, because of obama's polices, as i recall a year ago, condoleezza rice and the other members of the bush administration were tripping over one another to claim that they were the ones responsible for the arab uprising, that they were the ones that planted the seed of democracy by starting these wars in iraq that cost is much in terms of life and money, and this other assertion that the obama health care plan is going to...
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one is a view that republicans in the house have filed asking for the documents the obama administration has held. a judge is going to have to decide whether or not to enforce the subpoena. that will be interesting to watch. the other is that the ig said in his report that there are a few threads that he is going to issue more reports about. they will be minor compared to this report, but still interesting. one is another atf operation that related to a grenade components. another is about potential leaks regarding this investigation. host: as far as the operations we have seen, do we know that there are similar operations the still exist even though we have had trouble with these two? guest: we do not know if there are any that still exist. the department and the atf have made clear that they have moved on. host: good morning. this is pat on the independent line. caller: yes. i have looked at all of the hearings concerning this matter. i will not let the people -- the people of the atf or not -- allowed to testify. it was political against general holder because he is going after these
one is a view that republicans in the house have filed asking for the documents the obama administration has held. a judge is going to have to decide whether or not to enforce the subpoena. that will be interesting to watch. the other is that the ig said in his report that there are a few threads that he is going to issue more reports about. they will be minor compared to this report, but still interesting. one is another atf operation that related to a grenade components. another is about...
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they have gotten the downside, the obama administration. they should own it and get the upside, the enthusiasm. all the hate is on at the negative people, and they don't have enough on the positive, that is what bill clinton -- >> how about the scale of one , is talking about for the second term? sydney the skill of the anxiety that stand describes? -- does it meet the scale of the anxiety that stan describes? >> voters de reassurance. we are on the huge lake, and american voters are on a rowboat, and they are halfway across the lake and are trying to figure out, is it worth going forward across the latke, or to return around and go back? what is on the other side, why will it make a difference? i'm not concerned with how big the scope is as the direction and the the sense of they know where they are headed. >> do we know what is the president's agenda for the second term, and at some points -- we criticize romney for not giving us specifics, but what is the president's agenda? >> i think it and started to make the case. president clinton w
they have gotten the downside, the obama administration. they should own it and get the upside, the enthusiasm. all the hate is on at the negative people, and they don't have enough on the positive, that is what bill clinton -- >> how about the scale of one , is talking about for the second term? sydney the skill of the anxiety that stand describes? -- does it meet the scale of the anxiety that stan describes? >> voters de reassurance. we are on the huge lake, and american voters...
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recently say that the obama administration stimulus measures worked? guest: i'm not aware of them saying anything. you tell me. i think the stimulus was effective. i think it could have been effective -- more effective in certain ways, but, you know, the fact of the matter is, we were on a serious decline. i'm sure that a lot of people have seen a chart that shows job losses during the bush administration and how they've been reduced and come back under the obama administration, and that's due to the stimulus. it's not due to some natural recovery, who would have done nothing -- you know, there would be many, many more people out of work right now. >> back to the phones. texas, jim on our line for republicans. jim, you're on the "washington journal" with raven brooks, executive director of netroots nation. caller: good morning. i have two questions. i hope you can answer the first question, then i'll ask the second one. they get paid, according to what they need. but don't you see that some people have greater abilities, and then i have a second questi
recently say that the obama administration stimulus measures worked? guest: i'm not aware of them saying anything. you tell me. i think the stimulus was effective. i think it could have been effective -- more effective in certain ways, but, you know, the fact of the matter is, we were on a serious decline. i'm sure that a lot of people have seen a chart that shows job losses during the bush administration and how they've been reduced and come back under the obama administration, and that's due...